Montenegrin Paralympian Filip Radović takes second place with 1.680 points, while Luka Bakić is eighth (1.561) in the August senior ranking of the World Para-Stone Tennis Federation, it was announced on the association's official website.
Radović kept the same ranking as the previous month and will perform as the second seed at the Games in Paris, in the S10 category.
Bakić was placed one place lower than in July, although he kept the same points balance - 1.561 points.
The changes in the ranking list were caused by the Chinese Lian Hao, who won the last points tournament in Pattaya, Thailand and jumped from eighth to fourth place.
The official Olympic, world and European champion, Polish Patrik Czajnowski, is still in the lead, with 1.765 points.
Frenchman Mateo Bohas (1.611) is in third place, fifth is Polish Igor Mištal (1.588), sixth is Austrian Christian Gardoš (1.571), and seventh is Spanish Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes (1.570).
The ten first-placed players from the world ranking list will perform in Paris, including the Japanese Mahiro Funayama and the Chilean Manuel Echavegurin, who received an invitation from the tripartite commission.
Among the 14 participants of the Paralympic tournament in Paris, in the S10 category, are the African and American champions, Nigerian Alabi Alufemi and Brazilian Claudio Masad, winner of the winner Ivan Karpov and Thai Banpot Silapakomg, who earned his place based on the criteria of doubles and mixed doubles.
There will be no group competition at the Paralympic tournament in Paris, the knockout phase will be played from the beginning, and Čajnovski and Radović will be free in the round of 16.
The table tennis tournament in Paris, in the S10 category, will begin on September 1, with the round of XNUMX matches.
A day later, the quarterfinals are on the program, and the final will be played on September 3.
The Paralympic champion will be announced on September 4, and the final duel in the S10 category will be the last match of the day.
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